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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • TV Series
  • 1992–20141992–2014
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
11K
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  • Comedy
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  • Talk-Show
Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
11K
YOUR RATING
  • Stars
    • Jay Leno
    • Kevin Eubanks
    • Edd Hall
Top credits
  • Stars
    • Jay Leno
    • Kevin Eubanks
    • Edd Hall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 87User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 wins & 43 nominations total

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    Jay Leno
    Jay Leno
    • Self - Host…
    4612 episodes4612 eps • 1992–2014
    Kevin Eubanks
    Kevin Eubanks
    • Self - Musical Director…
    3219 episodes3219 eps • 1992–2013
    Edd Hall
    Edd Hall
    • Self - Announcer…
    2676 episodes2676 eps • 1992–2004
    John Melendez
    John Melendez
    • Self - Announcer…
    1166 episodes1166 eps • 2004–2014
    Wally Wingert
    Wally Wingert
    • Self - Announcer…
    834 episodes834 eps • 2010–2014
    Rickey Minor
    Rickey Minor
    • Self - Bandleader
    770 episodes770 eps • 2010–2014
    Branford Marsalis Quartet
    Branford Marsalis Quartet
    • Themselves - Show Band…
    329 episodes329 eps • 1992–2013
    Branford Marsalis
    Branford Marsalis
    • Self - Musical Director…
    322 episodes322 eps • 1992–2007
    Robert Covarrubias
    Robert Covarrubias
    • Saddam Hussein…
    101 episodes101 eps • 1993–2013
    Adam Smith
    • Self - Audience Liaison…
    75 episodes75 eps • 2011–2014
    Shannon Ratigan
    • Self
    2 episodes2 eps • 1993–1997
    Julie Scardina
    • Self…
    64 episodes64 eps • 1997–2013
    Nina Bergman
    Nina Bergman
    • Self - Guest
    1 episode1 ep • 2007
    Ross Mathews
    Ross Mathews
    • Self…
    62 episodes62 eps • 2006–2013
    Terry Bradshaw
    Terry Bradshaw
    • Self…
    54 episodes54 eps • 1993–2014
    Marvin 'Smitty' Smith
    • Drummer…
    48 episodes48 eps • 2006–2014
    Jim Norton
    Jim Norton
    • Self - 'Shoulda'…
    50 episodes50 eps • 2004–2014
    Bill Maher
    Bill Maher
    • Self…
    48 episodes48 eps • 1993–2014
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    • Trivia
      On September 27, 2004, the 50th anniversary of The Tonight Show's debut, NBC announced that Conan O'Brien would take over the show in 2009. Leno was still leading the late-night ratings, but O'Brien was promised the show, so that he would not leave NBC. NBC did not want to lose Leno either, and created The Jay Leno Show (2009), the first nightly network primetime talk show. In 2010, due to poor ratings for both O'Brien and Leno's shows, NBC wanted to move Leno's show into O'Brien's timeslot, with O'Brien's "Tonight Show" airing at 12:05 a.m. O'Brien publicly announced that he would rather leave the show than allow that to happen. NBC and O'Brien reached a settlement to allow him to leave the show seven months into his tenure. Leno returned to "The Tonight Show" in March 2010.
    • Quotes

      Jay Leno: It's so cold in Washington, DC, it took 15 minutes to jump-start Dick Cheney's heart.

    • Connections
      Edited into Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Tonite
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Branford Marsalis

      (1992-2009)

    User reviews87

    Review
    Top review
    What's with this guy?
    How 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' is still on the air is beyond me. Not only is Leno always hung up on news or topics that seem to be so boring that the audience doesn't even laugh at, he also doesn't 'connect' with his guests. He sits there in his chair through the however many minutes he (supposedly) interviews the stars and lets them do all the talking. Sometimes I feel bad for the guests because they keep carrying on a conversation with themselves while Leno just stares at them. It should be the other way around.

    His jokes are dull and it's easy to tell that he doesn't come up with the majority of them. Thanks to his writers, the show has the tiniest bit of flare needed for the tiniest bit of laughter.

    The comedy sketches that he puts on make no sense and even he doesn't understand them once in a while. I wish that this show would be cancelled and finally a funny man can step up to the plate. Yup, Conan O'Brien's the one.

    1. O'Brien - - 2. Letterman - - 3. Leno

    And what's the matter with Kevin Eubanks? He always sits there with his guitar acting like he doesn't speak English. Lighten up, Kev.
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    • llihilloh
    • Jun 28, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Veče sa Džejem Lenoom
    • Filming locations
      • Studio 11, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Big Dog Productions
      • Nelson Page Entertainment
      • Nerd Corps Productions V.1 Inc.
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.78 : 1

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